Some are more hospitable than others

The Faroe Islands aren't exactly overrun with animals in the first place, but dear lord the conditions sounds harsh for anyone or anything that can't hide indoors. Like my Faoese housemate told me "There's always salt on my parents' windows because the wind sprays sea water everywhere, and they live pretty far from the coast"

@Nevermore damn, i sure wish there was a comic featuring Brazil even more now ( hey, we're buying Gripens from Sweden after all! That's relevant, isn't it? ...guys?). Well, for now i'll have to make do with Finland and shotguns, which isn't half bad honestly.

@Nevermore Well, i do not think i have an idea worthy of presenting humon, but Brazil and Argentina could be considered the "Sweden and Denmark of South America" if you will, at least in terms of really liking to war each other in the past/ maintaining a rivalry even today. Chile, on the other hand, has the highest HDI and is bloody rich. We also *love* coffee (especially on breakfast or afternoon) and produce a lot of it.

About the Gripen deal, there were three planes competing for FAB's purchase: the French Rafale, the American Super Hornet and the smallest, "weakest" of the three, the Swedish Gripen. Some thought the Gripen stood no chance and the competition was presumed to be solely between the American and French planes, but the ultimately the Gripen won due to its affordability, maintainability and the sweet technology transfer the Swedes offered us (despite a seemingly irrefusable Russian offer involving Sukhoi Su-30s and participation in the PAK-FA project).

Such an "unexpected" decision ( since the American and French companies practically considered the smaller Gripen "out of the game" already) has been the subject of many a joke. Myself, when i heard the decision, i laughed thinking "i wanted to see Boeing's and Dassault's salesmen's faces right now".